23.0.60; incorrect links in GDB info

23.0.60; incorrect links in GDB info

[Peter Dyballa]

Hello!

Node "32.6.5.4 Stack Buffer" starts with this paragraph:

	The stack buffer displays a "call stack", with one line for each of the
	nested subroutine calls ("stack frames") now active in the program.
	*Note Backtraces: (gdb)Backtrace.

The Backtraces link is incorrect:

	Info-find-file: Info file gdb does not exist

There are a lot more "(gdb)" related links.


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Re: 23.0.60; incorrect links in GDB info

[Nick Roberts]

 > Node "32.6.5.4 Stack Buffer" starts with this paragraph:
 > 
 > 	The stack buffer displays a "call stack", with one line for each of the
 > 	nested subroutine calls ("stack frames") now active in the program.
 > 	*Note Backtraces: (gdb)Backtrace.
 > 
 > The Backtraces link is incorrect:
 > 
 > 	Info-find-file: Info file gdb does not exist

It's not incorrect, it's saying that it can't find the info manual for Gdb on
your system.  I'm not familiar with Mac OS X but do you have Gdb installed and,
if so, does that package include the Gdb manual?

 > There are a lot more "(gdb)" related links.

They all point to other parts of the Gdb manual.

 > In GNU Emacs 23.0.60.1 (powerpc-apple-darwin8.11.0, X toolkit, Xaw3d  
 > scroll bars)
 >   of 2008-05-10 on Latsche.local
 > Windowing system distributor `The XFree86 Project, Inc', version  
 > 11.0.40400000

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Re: 23.0.60; incorrect links in GDB info

[Sven Joachim]

Am 10.05.2008 um 12:41 schrieb Peter Dyballa:

> Node "32.6.5.4 Stack Buffer" starts with this paragraph:
>
> 	The stack buffer displays a "call stack", with one line for each of the
> 	nested subroutine calls ("stack frames") now active in the program.
> 	*Note Backtraces: (gdb)Backtrace.
>
> The Backtraces link is incorrect:
>
> 	Info-find-file: Info file gdb does not exist

Works for me.  Is the GDB manual installed on your system?

Sven

Re: 23.0.60; incorrect links in GDB info

[Eli Zaretskii]

> From: Peter Dyballa <Peter_Dyballa@Freenet.DE>
> Date: Sat, 10 May 2008 12:41:37 +0200
> Cc: 
> 
> Node "32.6.5.4 Stack Buffer" starts with this paragraph:
> 
> 	The stack buffer displays a "call stack", with one line for each of the
> 	nested subroutine calls ("stack frames") now active in the program.
> 	*Note Backtraces: (gdb)Backtrace.
> 
> The Backtraces link is incorrect:
> 
> 	Info-find-file: Info file gdb does not exist

As Nick points out, the problem is on your machine.  These links all
work for me.

Re: 23.0.60; incorrect links in GDB info

[Peter Dyballa]

Am 10.05.2008 um 12:53 schrieb Nick Roberts:

> I'm not familiar with Mac OS X but do you have Gdb installed and,
> if so, does that package include the Gdb manual?

GNU gdb 6.3.50-20050815 is installed – but no info file (some HTML  
instead is available)! Thanks, I understand now *my* problem!

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Re: 23.0.60; incorrect links in GDB info

[Stephen J. Turnbull]

Peter Dyballa writes:
 > 
 > Am 10.05.2008 um 12:53 schrieb Nick Roberts:
 > 
 > > I'm not familiar with Mac OS X but do you have Gdb installed and,
 > > if so, does that package include the Gdb manual?
 > 
 > GNU gdb 6.3.50-20050815 is installed -- but no info file (some HTML  
 > instead is available)! Thanks, I understand now *my* problem!

Mac generally provides documentation in the form of PDF in the
Developer's Tools disk.  It's a shame, since Info is so much nicer for
this kind of doc browsing.

Unfortunately for some reason (a) MacPorts doesn't provide a more
recent gdb and (b) is generally horrible about providing
documentation.

Re: 23.0.60; incorrect links in GDB info

[Nick Roberts]

 >  > GNU gdb 6.3.50-20050815 is installed -- but no info file (some HTML  
 >  > instead is available)! Thanks, I understand now *my* problem!
 > 
 > Mac generally provides documentation in the form of PDF in the
 > Developer's Tools disk.  It's a shame, since Info is so much nicer for
 > this kind of doc browsing.
 > 
 > Unfortunately for some reason (a) MacPorts doesn't provide a more
 > recent gdb and (b) is generally horrible about providing
 > documentation.

They also have their own version of Gdb, patched to work with Xcode and Emacs
is only provided from the terminal.  As a prorietary system, I presume that
they would rather you developed Cocoa (?) applications with their framework
than free software using Emacs.

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